Cruz v. New York

Cruz v. New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 1, 1986 Decided April 21, 1987
Full case name	Eulogio Cruz v. New York
Citations	481 U.S. 186 (more) 107 S. Ct. 1714; 95 L. Ed. 2d 162, 55 U.S.L.W. 4515; 1986 WL 728116;
Case history
Prior	Demurrer overruled, N.Y.
Holding
The Confrontation Clause bars the admission, in a joint trial, of a non-testifying codefendant's confession incriminating the defendant, even if the defendant's own confession is admitted against him.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia
Case opinions
Majority	Scalia, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Blackmun, Stevens
Dissent	White, joined by Rehnquist, Powell, O'Connor
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VI

Cruz v. New York, 481 U.S. 186 (1987), was a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the Confrontation Clause of the Constitution's Sixth Amendment barred the admission, in a joint trial, of a non-testifying codefendant's confession incriminating the defendant, even if the defendant's own confession was admitted against him.